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" D. GOP]? -REIN HOLDER. No. 359,505. Patented Mar. 15', 1887-.

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES- Parnnr Fries.

DANIEL GOFF, OF MILLVILLE, NElV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO JAMES L. SMITH,

OF SAME PLACE.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,505, dated March 15, 1887.

Application filed August 5, 1886.

To all 1071 0171, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL GoFF, a citizen of the United States, residing in Millville, county of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful In1- provement in Rcin-Holders, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which the figure'represents a perspective view of a rein-holder einbodying my invention, this consisting of a rein-holder formed of a bed, a pivoted jaw, a clamp, and guards, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a :5 bed or plate from which rises aclamp, B,which is constructed of an arm, O,with laterally-extending hooks D, and alug, E, the latter having a threaded opening to which is fitted a screw, F, the hooks and lug being separated thereto, so that when the jaw is thrown back and the reins are placed on the bed the jaws close against the reins and tighten them on the bed, whereby they are firmly held. Rising from the side of the bed opposite to the arm G are guards H J, theguard H being bent outwardly or flaring, so that the reins may be readily thrown over the same so as to be located on the bed A. The guard J is perpendicular, it' being noticed that the guard H is at the front, and the guard J at the rear, of said bed.

The operation is as follows: \Vhen the device is in position and the reins are to he held, the jaw is moved rearward, and the reins are a e thrown over'the guards H. J, so as to rest on the bed, and thejaw is let go,whereby it drops and tightens against the reins, thus clamping the reins and reliably holding the same, without, however, interfering with drawing up the reins when so required. \Vhen the reins are to be released, the jaw is swung rearward, and the reins are raised from the bed and clear of the guards, after which the jaw returns to its normal position. In locating the reins on the bed the flaring guard H serves to direct the reins to the bed, and the guard J prevents lateral displacement of the reins at the rear end of the bed, for while the reins are held by the driver the motion of the vehicle has a tendency to throw the reins to the side, and the'rearward draft on the reins to loosen the jaw, in which case the reins strike the flaring guard H and would be deflected upwardly. This would also be occasioned when the device is 'fastened to a side post of the vehicle; but the rear guard, J, prevents the reins from shifting laterally and keeps them 011 the bed, so that they are reliably held in position.

In practice the bed, the guards, the pivot of the jaw, and the-several parts of the guard, excepting the screw, are cast in one piece of metal, so that the device may be made light, inexpensive, strong, and durable.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

, l. A rein-holder formed of a bed, a clamp rising therefrom, and a gravity-jaw pivoted to said clamp, all of said parts being combined and arranged substantially as described.

2. A rein-holder formed of a bed, a clamp rising therefrom formed 'of fixed jaws providedwith a screw, a gravity-jaw pivoted to said clamp, and a flaring guard, all combined substantially as described.

3. A rein-holder formed of abed, apivoted jaw, a clamp, a flaring guard, and a perpendicular guard, said parts being combined and operating substantially as described.

4. Arein-holder formed of a bed, a pivoted jaw, guards at the side of the bed, and a clamping device, thelatter being formed of an arm which rises from the bed, hooks, and a lug which projects laterally from the arm, and a screw fitted to the lug, the arm of the clamp sustaining the pivoted jaw, the several parts being combined and operating substantially as described.

DANIEL GOFF.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

